Suarez Clause Could Still Spark Liverpool Exit

Luis Suarez signed a new contract with Liverpool last week, but it has not halted the transfer speculation.

Suarez penned the long-term deal on Friday, confirmed by the club’s official website, but he remains a topic of debate.

The Star’s Paul Brown claims Suarez is now earning in a region of around £180,000 a week, but he also writes that the forward has a clause in his contract which would allow him to move on if certain conditions are not met.

In his piece, Brown wrote:

The schemer, 26—who scored twice yesterday against Cardiff to take his tally to 19 in 13 league games—demanded certain guarantees from the Reds’ top brass.

Chief among those was the right to negotiate an exit if either Real Madrid or Barcelona come in for him at the end of the season.

It means that Liverpool could be faced with the same situation all over again next summer—with Real and Barca both weighing up a move.

I would not say we are in desperate need of an out-and-out centre-forward. We have got Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Chicharito (Hernandez), Danny Welbeck. Shinji can play in behind as well, we are covered.

It is easy for people to throw names up (Falcao), but when they look at it more closely you might say it wasn’t that good a suggestion.